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Show Place a small hand brush, bristle bris-tle side up, in the soap dish. Keep the soap on top of the brush and when you need to use the brush it will already be full of soap. Don't be annoyed by a food chopper chop-per that won't stay firmly anchored an-chored to the table. Put a piece of sandpaper, gritty side up, on the table before screwing the chopper in place above it. An old turkish towel is good for removing dust from upholstered furniture. Wet the towel, wring it dry, and spread over piece to be cleaned. Beat with a broomstick. Escaping dust clings to the towel. If your furnace has a tendency to rust in a damp cellar choose a dozen or more cool days during the summer to burn papers in the fire box. This will help prevent replacing re-placing pipes and other metal appurtenances ap-purtenances every few years. A better precaution, of course, is to remove the cause of the dampness, but this is often costly since it means extensive resealing of cellar cel-lar walls. Stretch your meat balls by adding add-ing oatmeal to the hamburger. To keep slip-covers new looking, iron them on the wrong side. Flat stones pressed beneath a porch that rests directly upon the earth will retard wood decay. If brown sugar becomes lumpy, j place a damp cloth in the jar with :the sugar and cover it tightly. When boiling potatoes for mash-iing, mash-iing, cut them as for french fries. Much time and fuel will be saved. Two spools nailed to the wall about two inches apart makes a good place to hang the broom (upside (up-side down). That old piano stool in the attic :can be painted to match the kitchen kitch-en and used there as an adjustable adjust-able chair. It's handy. Do not allow your vacuum cleaner clean-er bag to become filled with dirt before you empty it. It should be emptied frequently so as not to interfere with the flow of air. Cut blotting paper to fit the bot torn of the large salt shaker. This j will take up the dampness, leaving the salt dry 8" 'roe running. Boil a crackeu dish for about three-quarters of an hour in enough sweet milk to cover it. The crack in the dish will become almost al-most invisible. |